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2023 Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

12 Colleges
$76,619 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

Dentistry is the #16 most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dentistry program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Dentistry Colleges.

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for dentistry students. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at Temple University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dentistry students. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#7

Touro College

New York, NY

Touro College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Erie, LECOM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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Best Dentistry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 771
Pennsylvania 506
Maryland 125
New Jersey 127
District of Columbia 72

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, dentistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dentistry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 6,770

Majors Similar to Dentistry

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.

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